A Dose of Sanity: Mind, Medicine, and Misdiagnosis Complete
- 5 years ago
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In this fascinating book a practicing psychiatrist explains how psychiatric symptoms often mask medical disorders. This important issue is vividly illustrated in a number of intriguing case histories--such as a businessman, who was labeled as depressed, but really had syphilis. To help readers protect themselves from this kind of misdiagnosis, the author provides a detailed "24-Hour-Day Profile" which they can use to track their behaviors and activities in order to shed light on what may be an easily treatable underlying medical problem.
In this fascinating book a practicing psychiatrist explains how psychiatric symptoms often mask medical disorders. This important issue is vividly illustrated in a number of intriguing case histories--such as a businessman, who was labeled as depressed, but really had syphilis. To help readers protect themselves from this kind of misdiagnosis, the author provides a detailed "24-Hour-Day Profile" which they can use to track their behaviors and activities in order to shed light on what may be an easily treatable underlying medical problem.